Package-fastener



(No Model.)

P. A. OMALLEY.

PACKAGE FASTENER.

Patented 0012.3, 1882.

Kramm/fo?? Unire; STATES PAC KAG E-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming partof' Letters Patent No. 265,276, dated October 3, 1882.

Application led February 21, 1882. (No model.)

To all lwhom it may concern Be it known that I, PATRICK A. OMALLEY, of Brooklyn, county of Kings, State ot New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Fasteners, of which the following is a specicatio'n.

Letters Patent of the United States N o. 238,605 were granted to me March 8, 1881, for an improved package-fastener, consisting of a plate provided with pins and a spring-acting pawl or clamp adapted to grip against one of the pins the free end of a string after it is passed around the package, the other end of the string being permanently secured to the plate or body of the device.

This invention also relates to package-fasteners, and has for its object to simplify their construction and toincrease their eflicien cy and durability; and it consists of a body-piece composed of a suitable material-as sheet metalcut in the desired shape and bentto form hooks, around which the binding-cord isplaced, and a clamping lever or dog pivoted to the body. The binding-cord is fastened to one end of the lever clamp or dog, the other end of which is caused to clamp the free end of the cord against one of the hooks after the cord has been passed around the package and over the other hook on the body, the position of the hooks and pivetal connection of the lever clamp or dog being such that the free end of the cord is securely held between the hook and lever clamp or dog by the tension'of the cord only, thus obviating the necessity of using any spring inA above its upper surface, as shown; also with the flanged along one ofits sides, and the stop e out and formed up from its central part, as shown in Fig. 3; or this stop e may be a separate piece of metal riveted or soldered to the plate a. rIhe lever clamp or dog f, which is of the hell-crank form, as shown at Figs. 1,2, and 3, is pivoted at g to the plate a.. One of its ends, f', is slightly serrated, and is located near the hook c, and its other end,f2, is provided with a hole, in which is tied the bindingcord h. The stop e-is for the purpose of retaining the lever-clamp in position when the device is out of use, or when heilig applied to a package, and protecting the same from a blow in such a direction as might remove it from the holding-point; also, to prevent the passing of the tying-cord too close to hook c, thereby insuring ample space for passage of cord around said hook @,and itsend eis rounded .to facilitate the placing of the free end of the cord between the hook c and serrated end of the clampf.

In applying this fastener to a package, i, Fig. 1, the plate a is placed in the center thereof and the cord passed around it., the succession of folds or turns of the cord being indicated by the numbered arrows. .The second fold (marked 3) is passed over the plate a and around the hook b, and the last fold (marked 5) is drawn or passed between the hook c and clamping end of the dog f, the tension ofthe other end ofthe cord h and the strain of it on the hook b holding the dog rmly against the free end It of the cord. To release the package i ot' thet'astener the free end h of the cord is pulled in such a direction as will move back the dogf, allowing the cord to be removed from under the hook e while being heid taut, when the whole device is readily removed.

The cord h, in its iirst fold around the package, may be passed over the hook b, as indicated by the arrows 3 and 4, instead ot' being again folded around the package, as shown by arrows 2; but when this second fold is made,

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against one 0f' `the hoks hy tension and strain l hund, at New York7 county sind State of New ofthe cord only, substantially as Set forth. York, thisI 20th day of February, A. I). 1882. 2.` In combination the plate a provided with r ,p T hooks b and c, Hange d, and stop e, the holl- PATRHJIX A' OMALLEX 5 Crank leverLclamp j', and cord h, substantially In presence ofus and for the purpose set forth. H. D. VILLIAMS,

Iu witness whereof I have hereunto set my E. G. BAKER. 

